Hub-band and coöperating wrench.



H. H. HUNTLEY.

HUB BAND AND GOUPBRA'IING WRENCH.

PPPPPP ATION FILED 00T.27, 1913.

1,094,905. Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

i 6 5 V i I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY H. HUNTLEY, OF MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD H. SITHENS. OF

IMILLVILLE. NEW JERSEY.

HUB-BAND AND COClPERATING WRENCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Application filed October 27, 1913. Serial No. 797,483.

To all lF/H/I/i it may concern:

Be it known that I. HARRY H. HUNTLEY. a citizen of the United States, residing at )Iillville. in the county of Cumberland and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hubl iands and Cooperating renches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hub bands and cooperating wrenches, the object of the invention being to provide an improved construction of hulo band with an improved construction of wrench, which when properly positioned in the hub band, will grip the nut, and permit the nut to be removed when the wheel is turned, holding the nut in proper position while the axle is greased, and the hub returned to normal position on the axle.

A further object is to provide an innproved construction of Wrench which is;

adapted to be wedged within a hub band,

and securely hold a nut while the latter 9 turned.

\Vith these and other ob ects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangcments of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l ,3

is a view .in side elevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in section of the hub hand removed, and

Fig. 4 is a view of a slightly modified form of wrench.

1 represents an axle and 2 a wheel hub I mounted to turn thereon, and secured in place by the ordinary nut 3.

i represents my improved hub band which are provided with from the recesses 8, as shown at 1.0.

from said recesses to an intermediate point between them, so that the beveled surfaces The band 4 i and the opposite;

The inner face of the end 9 is 1 beveled or inclined in opposite directions? In 5 other words, the end 9 is thinnest atthe recesses 8, and gradually thickens or widens i 10 constitute cams for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

11 represents my improved wrench which is provided on one face with an enlargement 12 having an angular opening 13 therein of a size to fit the nut 3. At opposite sides of the enlargement 12, lugs 14 are. formed, and these lugs 14 are adapted to he moved through the recesses 8 when the enlargement 12 is moved through the opening 7 in the hub band.

In operation, the nut is positioned in the opening 13 when the enlargement I2 is moved through the opening 7 as above set forth. I V hen the parts are in this position, if the wrench is given a partial rotary movement. the lugs 14- will move against the cam surfaces 10, and securely bind the enlargement between the outer end 9 of band a, and the outer end of hub '2, so that the wrench will be securely clamped against.

movement while it holds the nut 3. hen the parts are in this position, the wheel may be turned and cause the nut to be unscrewed. hence the turning movement of the wheel may entirely unscrew the nut and allow the wheel to be removed from the axle. The axle may then be greased and the wheel returned, the nut still remaining in its clamped position, so that it will be in position to screw onto the axle, the wrench being thrown around to bring its lugs into engagement with the opposite cam surfaces.

In Fig. 1, I show the wrench as having a an irregular shaped'opening 15 to accommodate various sizes of nuts, and I also extend the opening 13 entirely through the wrench. In Fig. 4 the openings 15 are dispensed with and the outer end of the openi ing 13 is closed, and I would have it under- I stood that I may make the wrench either 1 way.

E Various other slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement l of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit my i self to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described by invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Leti ters Patent is: i l. The combination with a wheel hub and a hand secured thereon, said band at one end projecting beyond the Wheel hub and having an opening therein, of a Wrench having a nut receiving extension thereon. said extension adapted to be projected through the opening in the band, said extension having lugs at opposite sides. and said band having recesses in its end through which the lugs are moved and said band on the inner face of its end having cam surfaces against which the lugs engage when the extension is given a partial rotary movement to bind the extension against the end of the hub in position to receive the nut, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a wheel hub, of a band secured on one end of the hub and projecting beyond the hub said band hav ing an opening in its end and recesses in opposite walls of the opening, of a wrench. having a nut receiving extension thereon adapted to be positioned through the opening in the band said extension having lugs at opposite sides adapted to be moved through the recesses in the band, and said hand at its outer end on its inner face having cam surfaces against which the lugs are moved when the Wrench is given a partial turning movement, substantially as described.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

HARRY H. HUNTLEY.

Witnesses JARVIS G. MILLER.

10mm) B. Consox.

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